Masonry Magazine August 2002 Page. 28
Pentagon The Phoenix Story
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Masons like Isaac Peterson and Jeff White from Masonry Arts and others from R. Bratti & Associates, Alexandria, Va., started placing the limestone on March 4.
Having cut the stone from 60-year-old drawings, some of it needed onsite adjustment. Here, trimming the stone to fit, the edges were not as critical from a historical standpoint so modern diamond blades from World Diamond Source (WDS), Pompano Beach, Fla. were used in equally modern saws, Matt Shrater, regional sales manager of WDS for Virginia comments, "We were honored to provide the blades they used on this important project. It's a small contribution to help the Masonry Arts crew get the job done quickly and properly. It made us all feel like we, too, were part of the team."
Mike Adelizzi (right), executive director of MCAA, signs the memorial stone for all MCAA members. With him is Rich Bartram of Masonry Arts.
All Mason Contractor Association of America members and their employees salute Masonry Arts and their subcontractors for the work they did on The Phoenix Project.
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Pete Machado, a mason from R. Bratti, found some of the old techniques were still being required. "We used the old stone in the first section. Some of it was in pretty bad shape. We were setting it with a cold bed of mortar, something we're not used to doing anymore. That technique has pretty much been phased out of new construction."
Machado felt the project was being carefully supervised. "There were plenty of people to inspect what we were doing- from the general contractor to the government to the historical society. There was always someone watching very closely what you were doing. Most of us aren't used to that kind of scrutiny."
Even with all the over-the-shoulder watching, his crew completed their work in record time. "It was pretty exciting," he admits. "Everybody worked a lot of hard hours, but there was always a lot of cooperation. There's usually more bickering on jobs. This one was all teamwork."
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August 2002
By early June 2002, the exterior was done.
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